Author: Stuart

This is probably going to be a bit controversial but it is obvious when you think about it (to me at least). It’s my thoughts, opinions and perhaps a philosophical view.

There are loads of straight down the line and legal businesses on the internet and there are loads of scams, businesses that might be scams or that are a little unsavoury or, maybe it’s not clear.

Right on and regular

If I go and shop at Amazon I’m pretty sure I will get what I pay for and if there is any problem they will probably sort it out without too much hassle most of the time. If I go get insurance from Virgin or maybe Aviva it’s probably going to be ok. It’s possible they might give me a rough ride if I claim legitimately but most times they will pay up. Similarly there have been and probably still are insurance companies out there, for example, that always dispute a claim and will do everything they can to not pay up no matter how legitimate the claim is.READ MORE

Techy stuff, it drives me nuts!

Actually I do

Actually I do like techy stuff but then I spent 20 years working in IT as a programmer, analyst etc. so I’m comfortable with it. Even so, sometimes I get stuck with techy stuff too and have to ask for help. Sometimes when I look at some instructions my eyes glaze over in the same way as they do when I look at a tax form (I find everyday accounts intensely boring but unfortunately necessary). Mostly though I ok with it.

But most people don’t

Most people in my experience don’t like techy stuff and would rather put pins in their eyes than configure a router or grapple with some HTML on a web page. “Computer; make your way to ground floor via the window as fast and as hard as possible!” But don’t blame the computer it actually does an amazing job despite the frustrations and yes I know, there can be a lot of frustrations. Sometimes you can spend a day or two just trying to make it work but most of the time they actually do work ok.READ MORE

10 Things I like about the Six Figure Mentors

There are loads of “how to make it on the internet” websites and systems out there. Some of them are just giving you information, some of them give you a system and some include tools to help you on your way, some of them are good, some of them are average and no doubt some of them are probably rubbish.

I had already looked at some few of these systems but to be honest I took interest in the Six Figure Mentors because it was recommended to me by someone I trusted and by someone who had already spent some time and money looking at various systems. That isn’t to say I signed up straight away, I looked into it and watched quite a few videos, read some reports and checked out what other people on the internet had to say about it. I checked for scams and complaints, apart from the odd malcontent the overwhelming majority of people including those in the know gave it an excellent review. Overall I was impressed and had no doubts so I signed up, and it has so far been a really good decision.READ MORE

Videos

As videos are clearly flavour of the month at the moment I thought I would list out some of the useful tools etc. that I have gathered up recently. It’s not everything, not by any stretch of the imagination but useful nonetheless I hope. All links were good at the time of writing. The list is not tooooo long but it took a while to put together so I hope you like it. Some of them are free. Here we go …

Note: It’s July 2012, the information below was/is up to date at the time of writing.READ MORE

Just a reflection of how thing can go, it’s that frustrating day that you get sometimes. In the great scheme of things I guess it’s like an ant nibbling at an elephants foot so I don’t think it’s going make me cry or anything but all the same:-)

Anyway, today and part of yesterday was a bit frustrating because some of the blogs and forums I tried to register with just would not co-operate. They either gave me errors trying to register which stopped me dead, would not send me the verification email, on one I couldn’t figure out the answer to their random question (it was easy in the end, I’m just a dummy:-() or I couldn’t put in the captcha letters and digits correctly. I’m over it now I think but it doesn’t half slow you down. Anyway I’ve managed to sort them all out now. I wonder if that means tomorrow is going to go really well!?READ MORE

I was going to to do a blog here about not clinging to things that don’t work but instead I want to share this video from Barry Schwartz who I think has a fine mind and puts into perspective what we humans can be like. It’s about 20 minutes long but I hope it will help you think for the better and perhaps apply it to your daily life … enjoy …

“Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.READ MORE

Today I want to talk about balancing your scepticism.

This was bugging me most of yesterday because some people are so negative and cynical that they won’t acccept anything. They analyse things so much that they can end up talking themselves out of a good opportunity. There is a lot of junk out there so you have to have some caution but don’t go over the top.

Successful people are positive and open to look at things, you see this time and time again. They tend to able to more easily identify a good opportunity and reject this things that are probably no good.READ MORE

Videos

A few people commented on the quality of my first video so I thought I would tell you what I used to make videos which is really simple.

I don’t have a web cam at the moment because my old web cams don’t work with Windows 7 which I use now. I use a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX40 digital camera which we bought a few years ago for £99. It takes 12mpx photos and HD videos. It’s nothing fancy. It sits on a small tripod and I use the angle poise lamp that sits on my desk for lighting. It produces .MOV files which are too big to upload to Youtube really so I convert them to .WMV videos which are smaller using Windows Movie Maker which is free. You could use FormatFactory or whatever you like. I use default settings, I don’t do anything clever!READ MORE